November 19, 2010, Lausanne, Hotel Alpha-Palmiers
We kindly invite you to the 42nd discussion forum on Life Cycle Assessment
This event will be held in English
The importance and complexity of biodiversity require relevant and representative indicators that reflect changes in biodiversity at multiple levels (e.g. species, communities and ecosystems) and at multiple spatial scales (e.g. local, regional, national). Although it may be unrealistic to expect LCA to cover all of these aspects, current methods of integrating biodiversity into LCA lack a comprehensive approach. Until now, they have focused primarily on a change at the community level (species richness and density) at the European scale. New developments in LCA methodology need to reflect this inherent complexity and spatial variability. A discussion of possible approaches for the future will serve to guide research efforts toward achieving this goal.
More information will be available in September 2010.
Some participants of the forum will present their experiences on EPI in short presentations.
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